Skip Hollandsworth’s “Toddlers in Tiaras” argues the negative effects of participating in beauty pageants for young girls. Hollandsworth supported his argument through the use of the following techniques: narratives, testimonies, logical reasoning, appeals to emotion, facts, and an objective tone that attempts to give him credibility. These techniques are used to help persuade his audience of the exploitation of young girls in beauty pageants and the negative effects that pageants will have on their lives. Hollandsworth begins his article with how a typical beauty pageant runs and describes the multiple steps Eden Wood, a pageant contestant, goes through in order to get ready for a competition (490).
It was stated that most of the parents who enter these competitions have modest incomes. With that in mind, “Some of these families spend $75,000 a year on pageants; they could do a lot more in terms of expanding their daughters’ sense of possibilities with that money.” These are the words of journalist and author of Cinderella Ate My Daughter, Peggy Orenstein (¶ 35), who believes that pageants take away opportunities from the
On what was expected to be another day for every American became a burning memory in both Americans and America’s history. September 11, 2001 was the day where fear shook America into recklessly declaring war on terror against Iraq. At 8:46 am, the North Tower of the World Trade Center is interrupted by the American Airline Flight 11 by Mohammed Atta and the hijackers (History); seventeen long minutes later, the South Tower of the World Trade Center is also interrupted by the United Airlines Flight 175 by the other hijackers (History). In order to fight for the endangerment of America’s freedom was being attacked, President George Bush and the Bush Administration contrustred an aggressive invasion in the Middle East. In response to this, George
Let’s say hypothetically that you just finished an entire footrace you participated in at your high school. You felt the burn, you’re all out of breath, you tried really hard and you’re exhausted. Yet, your hard work paid off because you made it in first. Well, not really. This other kid went really slow, slower than a snail’s grandmother, and he gets as much praise as you.
In today’s society, more and more kids are getting participation trophies for doing nothing except showing up. Yes it is important to teach kids to do their best, but being awarded just for being as good as you already are doesn't give kids the motivation to make themselves even better. Why would they want to improve if they already have that shiny trophy? I do not believe that participation trophies should be handed out like they are.
Child beauty pageants are a little girl's worst nightmare. Child beauty pageants can cause emotional problems. In the article “5 Reasons Child Pageants are Bad for Kids” it states, “Objectification of young girls is strongly associated with eating disorders, low self-esteem, and depression.” If you treat these
“These children may struggle with ideas of perfection, eating disorders, and body image in their adulthood. Pageants send a message that looks and appearance are more important than brains and education.” (Children Beauty Give Children Unrealistic Expectations) Children will struggle with their body images and most importantly, they will put appearance first that education. “Additionally, dressing children up with adult clothes and makeup appeals to sexual predators, placing them at risk of falling victim to a pedophile.”
There has been a lot of conversation about whether child beauty pageants are something we should be involving our children in. These types of pageants have recently been thrust into the public eye. There are movies, such as “Painted Babies at 17” and “Little Miss Sunshine”, and television shows, like “Toddlers and Tiaras” and “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo”, that show different views of pageants. These shows include everything from the children before the pageant to the contestants on stage and even to their temper tantrums back stage. Besides the entertainment industry, there has been talk about rules and laws concerning pageants.
This is why I think child beauty pageants should be banned because they get sexualised and also their confidence/self-esteem will be lowered at such a young age. People are convinced that the contestants only turn up on the day and prepare on the day. However, this is not the case, because the contestants go to extreme lengths to win so they will prepare all year, this shows the pageants are being drummed into their brains 24/7. A two day rehearsal then takes place before the show to ensure that everything can go without a glitch. This is basically the theft of childhood, there is plenty of time as an adult to face this pressure without competing and failing at such a tender age.
Child beauty pageants and competitions started in 1855 by P.T. Barnum, this competition was known as the “international baby shows” with 143 child participants. But pageants didn’t become popular until the 1960’s. Now pageants have sprung into a nationwide phenomenon with over 5,000 pageants and 250,000 participants. These ages vary from as young as 6 months old to 18 years old. Beauty pageants should not be promoted to young girls because it promotes child abuse, it encourages unhealthy ideals, and lastly, beauty pageants and contests oversexualize young girls.
Child Beauty Pageants are beauty contests for children under 18 years of age. It is a competition which divided into different categories such as, talent, interview, swimwear, theme wear and much more. Coming to the 21st century, child beauty pageants has become a growing trend in many countries, especially in the United States. There is numerous television show that is specifically organizing the child beauty pageants like “Toddlers and Tiaras” and “Little Miss Perfect” (Kelling, 2016). About 250,000 children participate in child beauty pageants every year, and the number is only increasing.
For example, this author stated,“When children compete, they develop confidence and learn skills such as poise, good sportsmanship and, in most cases, how to lose gracefully. Overall, the experience boosts their self-esteem”(Are child beauty pageants beneficial for children?") Eventually, trying to become “perfect” takes over the brain. Therefore, the life skills they once learned from beauty pageants as a child, go out the window. A mother of child in pageants said, “... the children 's pageant world "brings a lot of kids out of their shells"(“Innocence in Evening Gowns").
Growing up, most female contestants are affected their whole lives. How often would one see a young pageant contestant that is not only focused on how she looks and how she acts. Child beauty pageants should be banned because their teaching young children to focus on beauty and attitude more than their education, their taking away their childhood, and it can lead to abuse. Beauty Pageants teach young children that their beauty is more important than their education. Beauty pageants make young female children feel like they need to focus more on their beauty and attitudes more than their education.
Beauty Pageants deprive children of their confidence and childhoods because they lower girls self esteem. In today 's society, many magazines, movies, and runways pressure women to look a certain way, and to act a certain way. Young girls, even girls as young as one years old, can be affected by today’s obsession with fitness and perfection. These girls can take drastic measures to change what they look like, even going as far as starving themselves (Freymark 29). Beauty pageants are notorious for highlighting outward looks,and to many girls who believe that they are not beautiful enough, being judged on one 's appearance can cause a devastating blow to a girl’s confidence.
Beauty pageants consist of more than appearances, but also other qualities of the women and the pageants themselves. To start, pageants have multiple layers to them but the beauty segment will most likely show on television. In actuality, “ The private interview is worth 25 percent of their preliminary score, while the swimsuit round is only worth 15 percent”(Kaplan). Just one of the segments that airs on television is worth a minimal amount of points in the pageant circuit. This particular pageant, started by Krista Medlock, a former pageant queen, focuses on only inner beauty.
